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WILLIAM LAMBERT WHITE, OF HEDON, NEAR HULL, ENGLAND.

SWEETIVIEAT-MACH`INE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent N o. 709,382, dated September 16, 19012.

` Application filed February 24, 1902. Serial No. 95,426. (No model.)

i WHITE,a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Hedon, near Hull, in the county of York, England, have invented unew and useful Improved Apparatus forDrying and Cleaning Lozenges `or Sweetmeats of a Like Nature, of which the following is a specication. M i

This invention has reference to lozenges or sweetmeats, more particularly of the kind which are cut or formed by cutting, stamping, or shaping machines and have upon theirsurface a coating of farina, starch, or

powder after` leaving such machines; and my` said invention has for its object to provide apparatus for removing the starch, farina, or powder from such sweetmeats and to dry the said sweetmeats at one operation and without the employment of a number of hands for gathering the sweetmeats into trays as they come from the cutting-machine, thereby dispensing with the intermediate process of resting on trays within storing-chambers for drying s uch sweetmeats, as is necessary under `the system at present in vogue, my apparatus being of su cha character that after the sweetmeats have passed through it they come out dried with the coating of powderremoved from them, and having a polished surface which imparts to them a highly-finished appearance.

Figure l, Sheet 1, represents in side elevation part of my'improved apparatus, the panelinglof frame being removed.

Sheet 2, is a continuation of Fig. 1, Sheet 1.

Fig. 3 represents a plan View, the apparatus being broken to enable it to be shown on one sheet. Fig. 4 represents an end view. Fig. 5 represents a side view of one of the downtakes for receiving the farina from the chutes fixed at the side of the shakers, and also shows parts of seven of such shakers, one of such shakers being` partly in section, the outlets of four being shown within the slots provided for them in such downtake. Fig.

. 6 represents part of one of the shakers in section, showing thefalse bottom and the tipping-piece for turning the sweetmeats. Fig.

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7, Sheet 5, represents in side elevation a modified form of apparatus in which three belt conveyers are shown as substituted for three of the trays or shakers; and Fig. S, Sheet G, is a continuation of Fig..7. Figs. 5 and 6 are drawn to a larger scale than Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8.

1 construct my improved apparatus as fol lows:

I place within a suitable frame 1, which `has its sides-and ends filled in with paneling, canvas, `o`r other suitable material or substance, any suitable number of trays or shakers 2, each of which starting from the top is inclined in an opposite direction. to the next under it and each of whichis suspended or supported within the frame by any suitable number of springs, supports, or the like 3, which allow of a backward-and-forward motion of the trays or shakers when in operation. The drawings show springs as being employed, one end of each spring being fixed to preferablyabracket 4: on the `shaker and the other end to a bracket 5,

`preferably T-shaped in section, fitted to the frame, the method of ixing the springs to their respective brackets being by means of bolts 6 or other suitable device. At one end of the frame I employ a vertical shaft 7, having a number of cranks S and driven by bevel or other suitable gearing 9 from driving-pulleys or the like 10. Connecting-rods 11 runfrom the cranks 8 of the shaft 7, to the front ends of the trays or shakers, where they are' connect ed to projections 12 by bolts, pins, orthelike 13.` At or neareither end of the apparatusIemployadowntake 14, which may both beon the` same side or opposite sides, as desired, each, downtake having a suitable number of elongated inlets into which pass delivery-spouts 15, fitted at the lowest end of theshakers, the spout on the lowest end of the top shaker passing into the top inlet in the downtake at that end, the spout of each alternate shaker entering an inlet in the same downtake; but the bottom shaker has not any connection with either downtake, but has a spout 16 at its end for delivering the complete sweetmeats when finished into suitoutlet.

removable bottom 19 underneath the canvas,

or the like, of tin or any suitable metal, material, or substance, which has a dished part formed in it leading to the outlet or spout to guide the starch, farina, or powder to such Neither the canvas surface nor the removable bottom are carried quite to the extreme lower end, a suitable space being left for the sweetmeats to fall through into the shaker beneath, with the exception of the lbottom shaker, which, it will be understood,

does not require such a space, as the sweetmeats are finished when they pass out at the spout 16. The matter which falls on the bottom of the lowest shaker is delivered through a hopper 20 into a suitable receptacle 21 underneath. Each shaker, with the exception ofthe bottom one, is provided at its lowest end with a bent strip 22 of any suitable metal, material, or substance for turning over those sweetmeats which have a fiat surface, so that they fall into the next shaker on the opposite side to that on which they moved alougin the shaker which they last left. Thus d as they fall from shaker to shaker they are turned over ou each occasion, both sides of the sweetmeats being thereby alternately uppermost as they pass along each alternate shaker, so that one side gets cleaned and polished by frictional contact with the canvas surface as the sweetmeats pass along one shaker and the other side is similarly cleaned and polished "as they pass along the shaker next below. A steam or hot-air pipe or the like 23 is run around the inside of the casing, preferably at or 'near the bottom, for supplying the necessary heat for drying the sweetmeats, and a fan 24 is employed in any suitable position for drawing the heat up and circulating it among the shakers.

The sweetmeats are fed into the top shaker by means of a conveyer 25, which runs over preferably-toothed wheels 26 and 27, mounted on thetop of the apparatus and on aframe or platform 28, respectively, such frame or platform fitting up to the delivery end of the cutting-machine. The sweetmeats pass from the cutters or stampers of such machine onto the delivery-plate 29 of the machine, which projects over the conveyer 25, at or near its bottom end, the sweetmeats falling from the delivery-plate 29 onto the conveyer 25, which is straight for a suitable distance to enable broken or irregular pieces to be picked out. The sweetmeats are carried up and delivered by a spout or chute 30 into the top shaker, down which they gradually work until they get to the lowest end, whence they fall through an opening into the shaker next below, irst sliding down the turning-piece,

which turns them over. The said sweetmeats thus pass down each shaker from the top one to-the bottom one, each shaker having an oscillating motion imparted to it by means of the connecting-rods connected thereto and to the cranked shaft, this oscillating motion, combined-with thefact that the shakers slope in opposite directions, causing the sweetmeats to move forward and pass through each succeeding shaker, the sweetmeats out at the delivery end of such bottom shaker being delivered into a suitable receptacle free from the coating of farina, starch, or powder which they had upon them when they left the cutting-machine, thoroughly dried, and having a polished surface which imparts to them a highly-finished appearance. The farina, starch, or powder which has been removed from the sweetmeats passes through the canvas surface onto the bottom of each shaker and is shaken' down to each bottom end, where the dished part guides it to the outlet, through which it passes into the downtake, being deposited into a suitable receptacle.

In the modification shown at Figs. 7 and 8 three belt conveyers 3l are shown as being` substituted for the three top shakers, such belt conveyers running around rollers 32 and 33 at opposite ends of the machine and mounted in suitable bearings 34; and 35, respectively, each bearing 35 being preferably adjustable to allow of the belt being tightened if it becomes slack from stretching or any other cause. The three rollers 32 are each provided with a toothed wheel 36, such wheels gearing with each other, the top one or other of such Wheels being driven by a pulley 37, by means of a strap '38, from shafting which imparts motion to the other two wheels, the top belt traveling in ouedirection, the second one in the opposite direction, and the third one in the same direction as the lirst one. I may employ any suitable number of such belt cou- Veyers and any suitable number of trays or shakers, or I may dispense with the trays or shakers altogether and employ belt conveyers in their place.

What I claim as the invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a sweetmeat-machue, the combination, with a series of superposed supports for the sweetmeats inclined inl opposite directions alternately and provided with false bottoms of textile material which polish the sweetmeats, and means for shaking the said supports; of kguides for turning over the sweetmeats as they drop from one support to another, so that the opposite sides of the sweetmeats are alternately dried and polished, substantially as set forth.

2. In a sweetmeat-machine, the combination, with endless traveling conveyer-belts whereon the sweetmeats are dried in the upper part of the machine, of shaking-supports for the sweetmeats arranged under the said IIO IZO

belts and inclined in opposite directions and In Witness whereof I have hereunto :set my provided with false bottoms of textile matehand in presence of two witnesses. rial for polishingthe sweetmeats, and guides for turning over the sweetmeats as they fall WILLIAM LAMBERT WHITE.' 5 from one shaking-support to another so that Witnesses:

the opposite sides of the sweetmeats are pol- LOUIS E. KIPPAN,

ished alternately, substantially as set forth. FRED H. RHODES. 

